Lac qui Parle County Airport

Lac qui Parle County Airport
Bud Frye Field
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Cities of Madison & Dawson & Lac qui Parle County
Serves Madison, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL 1,083 ft / 330 m
Coordinates 44°59′11″N 096°10′40″W / 44.98639°N 96.17778°W / 44.98639; -96.17778Coordinates: 44°59′11″N 096°10′40″W / 44.98639°N 96.17778°W / 44.98639; -96.17778
Map
DXX
Location of airport in Minnesota / United States
DXX
DXX (the US)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 3,300 1,006 Asphalt
9/27 3,003 915 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2014) 2,160
Based aircraft (2017) 10
Sources: FAA[1] and Mn/DOT[2]

Lac qui Parle County Airport[1][2][3] (ICAO: KDXX, FAA LID: DXX) is a public use airport in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States.[1] Also known as Bud Frye Field,[2] it is located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Madison.[1] The airport opened in 2001 and it is owned by Lac qui Parle County and the cities of Madison and Dawson.[1][3]

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[4] Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned DXX by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[5][6]

Facilities and aircraft

Lac qui Parle County Airport covers an area of 257 acres (104 ha) at an elevation of 1,083 feet (330 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 14/32 is 3,300 by 75 feet (1,006 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface and 9/27 is 3,003 by 135 feet (915 x 41 m) with a turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2014, the airport had 2,160 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 180 per month. In January 2017, there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 9 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FAA Airport Master Record for DXX (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective Jan 5, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lac qui Parle County Airport (Bud Frye Field)" (PDF). Airport Directory. Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Lac qui Parle County Airport". City of Madison. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012. External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ "Lac qui Parle County Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KDXX, FAA: DXX)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ "IATA Airport Code Search (DXX)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
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